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The Lutenist
Also titled De luitspeler
Hendrick Martensz Sorgh (Rotterdam, 1609–1670)
1661
- Medium
- panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 51.2 cm x width 38.2 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Dupper Wzn. Bequest, Dordrecht
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
A young man is singing and playing the lute on an open veranda. Where the woman’s thoughts have wandered is a mystery. The music and the theme of the paramours Pyramus and Thisbe in the painting in the background suggest that harmonious love is the subject. Yet the work may also be a warning against impulsive lust. Both interpretations are equally valid.
